Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-05-11

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Enterprfse an san
Francisco.
OF late there has been a great |
change in the methods and appear
ance of Che San Francisco press. 1t
is only justice to say that this revo-
luton is owing TO the surprising
yirility which has been developed by
the San Francisco Examiner. From
and after the time when the Repub-
lican party, with fatuous stupidity,
threw Mr.. Hearst out OF the United
States Senate, the newspaper con-
trolled by that gentleman took on an
energy and sensational phase almost
without precedent in the history OF
the craft. The only parallel which
we can at present recall is that OF
the New York World after Pulitzer
had purchased it from Manton Mar
BILE. For years the Examiner had
been known as a highly conservative,
quite influential, but rather lynn
phatic sheet. In the days when
George Penn Johnston, Philip a.
Roach and Judge Coffey controlled
its columns, they frequently contain
ed the most thoughtful and
philosophic Democratic disserta-
tions which have ever figured
in the press of the Pacific
Coast, Of course with the single ex-
ception OF the Los Angeles HERALD.
But the paper was rather the recep-
tacle for the highly polished outgiv-
ings OF political doetrinaires than
a newspaper up till sthe time when
MIR. Hearst became its owner. For
some Yeas that gentleman was cred
tied with having lost large money on
his venture, and the tide only began
to turn when Mr. Henderson became
its managing editor. From that per-
iod, aided by the injustice which had
been done by the Republican party
to Senator Hearst, the paper became
a positive power, with every depart
ment bristling with good newspaper
points.
The next marked departure in the
career of the Examiner was its trans
fer TO VIM. l.. Hearst, Jr., and the
beginning the publication oi the Ben
nett Mackay special cablegrams. At
the same time the Examiner began to
appear as an eight-page paper, forcing
the Chronicle to follow suit, and COM
pelling the Call to issue large special
issues. 1t is significant fact that
this all followed upon the heels OF
the Examiners new departure. 1t is
thus entitled to the claim of leader
ship in remarkable revival Of met
ropolitan journalism, in which all the
leading journals have shown that
they could play a strong hand.
II is no exaggeration to say that
all the San Francisco papers have
made much greater outlays in their
composition, telegraphic and other
bills, than at any previous stage of
their existence, and that their readers
get the benefit of this largely ex-
panded expenditure. Most of them
were good newspapers before, and
they are vastly better now.
Having thus cordially recognized
the strong points OF our contempor-
aries of the Golden Gate we propose
to indulge in line OF deprecatory
criticism. The several contracts for
cable service made by these journals
with bureaus in London have resulted
in an extraordinary farrago in their
columns nearly every day. Gossip,
which sounds like what lady's
maid might communicate to fellow
in plush, is dished up about the pro-
ceedings OF the Duchess OF Fitz-
Doodle and the Countess Of Brumma-
gem. Their every movement ischron-
icled with the Spaniel-like fidelity
which characterized Boswell's mi
mute accounts OF the doings and say
ings al DIR. Samuel johnson. The
opinions and experiences of prime
donne and other theatrical and oper-
attic people are heralded with vol
luminous relish which is incredible to
most OF the readers of those journals.
They seem to be pervaded with the
spirit of the comedy OF "High Life
Below Stairs" The average Ameri-
can takes very little interest indeed
in the details OF the social move
ments of princes and princelings.
The Duchess OF Fitzboodle may
come and go, and the Countess Of
Brummagem may run off with her
ooachmnn, and all the while, outside
= . vesy limited circle, your general